Festival Review: ArcTanGent 2025 – Day 2 (Thursday 14th August)

Thursday is cooking. It’s impossible to sleep off last night’s indulgence easily with the fierce sun rising early to punish the tent dwellers of Fernhill Farm. Only one solution, right? Damn right. Codespeaker are a band I know better than many. This marks the first time the 5-piece post-metal band have crossed the barrier and … Continue reading Festival Review: ArcTanGent 2025 – Day 2 (Thursday 14th August)

Album Review: Leprous – Melodies of Atonement

The Norwegian collective Leprous closes out the year with yet another glittering masterpiece in their eighth album, Melodies of Atonement. Opening with the bold electro heartbeat of "Silently Walking Alone," the album sets a great narrative that sweeps through the rest of the tracks. The melancholy is present in abundance through the delivery of vocalist … Continue reading Album Review: Leprous – Melodies of Atonement

Gig Review: Leprous / Monuments / Kalandra – SWX, Bristol (11th February 2023)

Few bands stir the emotions like Leprous. The Norwegian six-piece have been gently metamorphosing from their early growling years into the consummate art rock outfit. Is there further for them to expand their horizons? Well, that’s for the future but with their latest album Aphelion having been on constant rotation since it dropped in 2021, … Continue reading Gig Review: Leprous / Monuments / Kalandra – SWX, Bristol (11th February 2023)

Leprous announce new album

Creative Norwegian rock outfit Leprous are pleased to announce the release of their new studio album Aphelion, coming August 27th, 2021 worldwide via InsideOutMusic. Following up on 2019’s highly acclaimed Pitfalls album, Leprous recorded Aphelion throughout the last year at three different studios: Ghost Ward Studios in Sweden, Ocean Sound Recordings in Norway and Cederberg Studios … Continue reading Leprous announce new album

Video Roundup: Savage Messiah, Leprous, Lonely Robot, The Haunted, Ensiferum, Dead Lord

Savage Messiah - "Hands of Fate" Announcing their new album Hands of Fate, British heavy metal outfit Savage Messiah have revealed the title track from the new album which is due for release on 27th October. Leprous - "Illuminate" Norway's acclaimed progressive rock group Leprous are about to release their much-anticipated new fifth studio album Malina next week … Continue reading Video Roundup: Savage Messiah, Leprous, Lonely Robot, The Haunted, Ensiferum, Dead Lord

Devin Townsend Project / TesseracT / Leprous – Barrowlands, Glasgow (14th March 2017)

When I was speaking with fellow members of my cohort at Uni before the gig, they all seemed to express some amount of shock and awe that I was coming to this gig. "I really didn't think you'd be into Devin Townsend Project," they said. Well, I am a fan of Devin and have been … Continue reading Devin Townsend Project / TesseracT / Leprous – Barrowlands, Glasgow (14th March 2017)